Tank Retriever: A Visual History of Sherman-Based Tank Retrievers

Big vehicles can have big problems, and it takes a big wrecker to solve them. When the Sherman tank broke down, one of the vehicles contained in this volume came to the rescue. Based on the Sherman itself, the M32 and M74, and their variants with a variety of powerplants, was the foremost American tank retriever during WWII and Korea. The Commonwealth too created a series of Sherman-based armored recovery vehicles. Both U.S. and Commonwealth versions are covered in this 168-page, hardbound volume, which chronicles the production and field use of these vehicles all over the world throughout their service life, by means of over 200 vintage photographs with detailed, captivating descriptions.